Try to use PostDirectMessage from python-twitter but it does not work

mh_posting · 2018-10-26T22:33:17.562Z

Hi,

I’m quite lost - used Python with twitter but this doesn’t work anymore and know I’m trying to use python-twitter
PostUpdate works but PostDirectMessage doesn’t work anymore - I always get the error message

twitter.error.TwitterError: [{u’message’: u’Sorry, that page does not exist.’, u’code’: 34}]

How could I solve this issue ?
Thanks

abraham · 2018-10-26T22:46:29.882Z

It looks like python-twitter has a pre-release of the new DM API ready.

mh_posting · 2018-10-27T09:59:30.968Z

now I know what you mean - official release is 3.4.2
I download the version 3.5 and installed it from local
Works again
Thanks

LeBraat · 2018-10-30T21:19:18.442Z

Glad to hear that everything is working again. And just to add some context here, this is the latest announcement related to the retirement of the legacy DM endpoints:

Details and what to expect from the API deprecations this week on August 16, 2018 Announcements

As we announced in May, the following services and endpoints are scheduled to be deprecated on August 16, 2018. User Streams Site Streams GET direct_messages GET direct_messages/sent GET direct_messages/show POST direct_messages/new POST direct_messages/destroy Account Activity API DM Beta We want to share more about what to expect on August 16th so that you can better prepare if you haven’t already migrated off of these services or your migration won’t be complete by the 16th. On the deprec…

LeBraat · 2018-10-30T21:19:40.421Z